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Newspaper Page Text4 JOURNAL ATLANTA GA., 5 NORTH FORSYTH 6T. Entered &t tbe Atlanta prwtoffkre as Mall Matter of the Second lists, JAMIS B.' QSAT, Prssidmt and Editor. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Twelve ntnetha 75c Stx month# ** Three w«lii» Th- Seint-Weekly J :irnal U bl abed oo TWeaday and Friday, and I# mailed by the abort eot ra«te* for early 4eU#«-ry. It contain* few all over tbe world, brought by •pedal leased »ir«w into our off re. It 'ba* a »taff of <!!*tia«u*bed con tribet ora. with *tr-nc departments of special value to the home lt-1 tbe farm. Afeets wanted at •very poetcfflcc. Liberal comtaiaahn allowed. Outfit free. Write to P. R. Randolph. Clreulatton Manager. The onlv teas elln< representative* we have are L J. A. Bryan. B. F. Bolton. C. C. Cnyle ami M. H. GUraath. We will be rewponatble only for money paid to tbe above named traveling ' tOßtOSMlatlves. MOTICE TO bwBSCBIBERS Tte label used for addrewlnj yon' paper abow* tbe ttme y-«r atibneriptfea expire*. Bv renewing at least two ■ * weeks before tbe date on tba label. ycu insure regular ervice. la ordertnc paper cbinyrd. be sure to mention your old. a* well'as your ■ew. addreaa. If on a rural route, please ftve the route number. We cannot enter subscripti-.ua to he (Ml with back number*. Remittance L'. abac Id be sent by postal order or resu lt I tered man. Address all order* and notices for this * department to THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. Atlanta G*. ■ I ■ !■■■■■■■■■— I I— ■ !■■■— HI It is also the open season for hunters p of anushroon'.j. Wo still insist, and hope, that our pen nant prediction will stand. So many of these pennant predictions » at best are only pennant hopes. Dias is stubbornly determined not to pack his grip until he gets ready. -It must be conceded thac the weather man made a good job of Sunday. Dias a Idea is to quit voluntarily. L not to be fired out without a week's F noti* Sherlock Holmes is being overshadow -5 ed for the time being by Detective » > Burns. “Joe Cannon takes fling at the presi | dent” The president, then, must be Im b, proving. Dr. Wiley is after the headache rem- | edies, now that he has decided what ! whisky is. The Mexican peace conferees will meet I in Mexico, which is some distance from I The Hague Tribunal. ; Brooklyn women are determined to ] strip themselves of their rights by form- Ji ing a club to stop gossip. Governor Wilson has been compared to j Colonel Roosevelt, but whether by a 3 friend or an enemy isn't apparent. A reader asks where the old-fashioned summer sport is who wore a rose bud : with one leaf in the lapel of bis coat. In Mr. Carnegie's recent awards for [r heroism there Is no medal for Republlc % .ans who vote tor genuine revision of the H tariff. We forgive the weather man for past performances, and point with pride to I the present May weather. With so many old age pensions in E perhaps every woman there will b become induced in time to tell her age. r Texas, by the way. is pretty busy Just now combatting the weevil, the flea and • watching the prohibition controversy. The fact that Dr. Cook is already in I Texas may mean that he is hot on the * trail of a discovery of the south pole. ■■ • t When Madero met the envoy of Diaz, what was said? But it couldn't have I been, since Mexico uas never prohibi- All things considered, the May weather brand is good. We should like to see it continue, and, if possible, lap over into ’ June. Torrential rains have been falling in Kentucky, but old Louisville has shown no inclination for a change Into the dry column.' We gladly note \he intelligence that there is a world wide money ease. We can spend our salary now with an easier ( conscience. "Mrtitia needs more money" Well. P the militia isn't to be wondered at. eon- L afdering the general tendency along that • dicular line _ K. Wv suggest that people wishing to r make engagements with us set the time £. before 3 o'clock during the rest of the' baseball season. Soon the first honor man at college | will have his chance to go out in the B worM and become a big league player, f or something like that. In France they have a law compelling all .persons who speak In public to have a ncense - May the law be adopted in other public speaking countries. g Reader, have you passed the stage where a personal letter from a tailor. L offering yoil choice summer styles to aqlect from, does not flatter you? By voting for a bond issue for sewers and lights. Marietta is Qllow.rg ? the example of Other progressive towns which will soon become a part of Great er Atlanta. A medical authority says that falling ♦ into a fiery furnace is a comfortable sensation rather than otherwise. Com forting to the man who has to fire ’em every winter. EThe director of the Metropolitan Grand opera forces, in an interview in New York. * referred to Atlanta as a “wonderfully progressive city.” That's what they all say. To Macon beltanes the credit of re ceiving the first Georgia peach. Notice how quickly we give credit where credit is due. We might Just as easily have given Atlanta the credit, and everybody would have believed it, too. B President Taft seems to be of the m\opinion 'that the country is still big w enough without acquiring more territory. Yes, Texas alone could care for the over flow population. B* There is a startling line of suggestion ? in the arrest of two boys Saturday night for shoplifting. The boys had read a thriller in which the hero, starting with a few dollars, acquired fortune and mar ried an heiress. Is the dime novel shift ing from train robberies to high finance, and. ff so. which is the worse Ideal for 4 young America? Morning Headache s Eat a light breakfast of easily digested food, then take a do-e of Hood’s Pills. This simple treatment usually clears tip the head in an hour, and gives i feeling of health and strength all day Take Hood’s Pills THE STATE’S DUTY TO ITS FARMERS. The good results accomplished by the recent tour of the edu cational train of the State College of Agriculture are continually growing more manifest. Far from being limited to one season, the constructive influence of this movement is still vital and is quickening the agricultural life of Georgia with steady and per manent force. ./ To what extent this is true is shown by hundreds of letters which the president of the college, Dr. Andrew M. Soule, continues to receive from farmers throughout the state. A typical communi cation of this character is reproduced elsewhere in today’s Journal, together with Dr. Soule’s reply. We commend them both to everyone interested in Georgia’s agricultural progress and partic ularly to members of the legislature. For they illustrate not only the good that has been done by the educational train, but also the urgent need of more liberal state support for this enterprise. This particular letter is from Mr. M. P. Maxwell, of Cairo. After testifying to the great value .of the train’s visit to his coun ty, he shows that the length of its visit was entirely too short. He thinks that the exhibits and the lectures should have continued in his community at least a day, if not a week. This is precisely the contention of scores and hundreds of other farmers at other points. Indeed, Dr. Soule’s correspondence shows a widespread and earnest demand from the farmers that the stay of the agricultural train at each stopping point be pxtended. If this could be provided for, the results of the enterprise would be far more definite and helpful. i i Dr. Soule is unquestionably right in taking the position that no charge should be made for admission to the lectures and dem onstrations. It would be infinitely better, hd says, to have the state make the small appropriation necessary to equip and maintain in the interest and for the benefit of all the people. This would certainly be a Just charge against the state revenues and would be money expended in as effective a manner as any which could be appropriated. The last expedition of the educational train cost the state only about seventeen hundred dollars. The train itself was furnished and transported by the railroads free of charge. And the roads are evidently willing to continue this generous and helpful plan of co-operation. Surely the state can afford to contribute its due share to the cost of an enterprise that increases our agricultural revenues by millions of dollars and enriches the prosperity of the whole people. It is greatly to be hoped that at the next session of the legisla ture provision will be made not only for continuing tl/e extension work of the agricultural college, but also for expanding thfis work. FREE BURLAP. The Journal publishes elsewhere a communication from the sec retary of the Georgia Industrial association in which it is contended that the proposed removal of the tariff on burlap would work great injustice and injury to the cotton mills, the merchants and the fanners of the south. It is asserted, furthermore, that thus far these interests have had no opportunity of presenting and explain ing their claims to congress. Coming as it docs from the organized textile manufacturers of the state and representing their official protest against what is ‘claimed to be hasty and inconsiderate action by southern congress men, this communication is entitled to the fullest consideration. According to the claims set forth by the secretary of the asso ciation, burlap comes into competition with those coarser goods which constitute the chief output of many southern mills. It is made, says this communication, by pauper labor in India, the aver age wgekly wage of which is seventy cents per person. If allow ed tq enter the United States free of duty it will displace, accord ing to these textile manufacturers, a considerable amount of cotton cloth which is now used for bags, tarpaulins, express and mail pouches and like articles. The cotton thus displaced, it is alleged, would approximate from seven hundred and fifty thousand to a mullion bales the first year. Such a condition, it is claimed, would force many southern mills that are now running on coarse cotton goods to turn to other fields and this would lessen the demand for cotton and thereby work hardship upon the farmer and ultimately upon mercantile interests. » In the proposed revision of the tariff schedules the south is offered free bagging in return for the free burlap conceded to the western farmer. This, however, is not a fair exchange, argue the textile manufacturers. They claim that the cotton displaced by duty-free burlap would mean a loss of some sixty million dollars a year to southern farmers while the entire amount saved through free cotton bagging would be only four or five hundred thousand dollars. ’ The Journal does not vouch for the accuracy of these conten tions, but as a matter of fairness, we take pleasure in publishing them. Coming from a source so highly respectable as the Georgia Industrial association, we do not hesitate to say that these claims are entitled to an impartial hearing by congress. This association is an emine'ntly responsible body of southern business men. They assert that they demonstrate their every claim concerning the jeopardy of duty-free burlap to southern interests. They are. therefore, at least entitled to be heard and we commend their contention and their right to the most earnest consideration of our southern congressmen and senators. -.. = THE GREAT AMERICAN DEBATE. There is but one nation under the sun whose chief dignitaries would foregather to debate such a question as this: “Which is the greater detriment to man, whiskers or a bald head?” One cannot imagine the prime minister of Great Britain'and Mr. Arthur Balfour entering publicly, or privately, into such a dis cussion. There are French statesmen who might swap epigrams over the subject in intimate conversation but not before a large audience. In Russia such a debate would be considered anarchis tic. In Germany it would prove too heavy and philosophic for popular understanding. Only in the Uunited States of America could the presiding officer of a legislative chamber together with his predecessor and with senators and other high officials have as sembled and argued at length as to whether whiskers or baldness is the greater misfortune. This was the momentous question discussed publicly one even ing last week by Speaker Champ Clark, Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, Senator Taylor, of Tennessee; Senator Longworth, of Ohio; Sena tor Carter, of Montana, and other leaders in national politics. It was at a dinner of the National Press club of Washington. Dr. Wiley, the distinguished chemist of the pure food department, was time-keeper, and limited each contestant to a ten-minutes speech. The statesmen argued with great warmth and often with, erudi tion. Former Speaker Cannon, championing the cause of whis kers, quoted Shakespeare; He that hath a beard Is more than a youth; he that hath no beard is less than a man. Senator Longworth, speaking for the bald, heads, showed that from the earliest times the majority of poets, philosophers, war riors, orators and reformers had been bald. Speaker Clark declar ed that he would not have missed the debate for the world, thougn his wife protested against his coming because, she said, there was no sense to the whole performance. He then referred the issue to the ways and means committee of the house, which has the wool and hair schedule under consideration. Nothing could be more typical of the American charac ter and the American sense of humor. Some one has said that the basic element in American humor is exaggeration. It would per haps be nearer the truth to say that it is the American’s capacity for entering with outward seriousness into utterly frivolous situa tions, and with outward frivolity .into serious situations. This, after a fashion, is satire, but it is a peculiar brand of sat-< ire. It is the savor of much that Mark Twain wrote. Euro peans sometimes complain that Americans lack a sense of rever ence. Hardly that; they simply have an ever-cocked sense of the ridiculous. THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1911. THE VIEWS OF A STATESMAN AND AN INIQUITOUS WINDOW TAX BY BISHOP W. A. CANDLER Mr. James J. Hill, the able president of the Great Northern Railway, Is a man of wide observation and very mark ed intellect. He has managed so wise ly the transcontinental line which he conceived in his mighty mind and built without aid from the government, that it alone of all the Pacific railways has ■ never defaulted on its obligations nor felt the hand of a receiver. He is a good judge of men and things, and when he undertakes to discuss subjects of public interest, as he does often, he always says something worthy of care ful and serious consideration. His ad dresses upon such themes are character ized by brevity, clearness, vigor and independence. Recently he had occasion to address the faculty and students of the Wil lamette college at Salem, Oregon, and in the course of his remarks he said: “This is the finest sight I have seen for many days. A school of this kind should, have a good endowment of at least 1300,000. Then it would never die. It can not be killed. Give it money sufficient to secure an income of $15,000, and it will live. “There is something about a denomi national college that always appeals to me. It is a character-builder. I be lieve in keeping a boy in the religious path of his ancestors. I do not care whether he is a Methodist, or whether he is a hard or soft-shelled Baptist Too many young people are sent to the non-sectarian schools. They begin to read books that they do not understand. No one is by to guide them, and they gather a great many --eas which lead them astray. In the Christian college they stay by the old precepts; and the foundations which were laid in the home are builded upon to the great ben efit of the student. “It is a sad condition, but it is never theless true, that in the great Univer sity of Minnesota over five hundred stu dents failed in their studies last year. Such is not so much the case with the students of the denominational college A great percentage of them make good.” This is high testimony to the value of the denominational college, and this witness is true. Let us note in detail the points made by Mr. Hill. The denominational college is a char acter building institution. That fact is most important. Knowledge is valuable, but character is more so; intellectual culture is good, but moral culture is Indispensable. The destiny of the in dividual and the welfare of the country are affected more by the moral eleva tion of the citizen than by mere intel lectual acquisitions. Life is determined, for good or evil more by what men are than by what they know; more by the motives which fill their hearts than by the notions which occupy theik heads. “Knowledge is power,” but It may be a power for evil as well as a power star •good. In the impartation of knowledge, per meated with the highest moral and re ligious influences, the denominational college has decided advantages above all other colleges. It is able to en force moral principles with the sanc tions of definite and positive religious truth. Hence the result which Mr. Hill notes: “The denominational col lege is a character-builder.” The ten dency of such an institution is to sertfi forth graduates with lofty manhood aa well as with cultured minds. (2) Denominational colleges build up character in the students which attend them upon the moral foundations which have been laid previously in Christian homes. This is a fact of great signif icance. Much idle and shallow talk has been indulged in depreciation,, of “tra ditional beliefs” and “inherited faith,” but parenthood was divinely provided for the preservation of faith in the earth and the uprooting of ancestral religion in the heart of a youth at col lege is a most sad and perilous thing. Mr. Hill is right when he says, "I be lieve in keeping a boy in the religious path of his ancestors.” It is most un fortunate when a young man begins in a pert and spurious independence to despise and pour contempt upon the deepest and holiest convictions of those who love him best, who have the most unselfish concern for his welfare, and who have done and suffered most In his Interest. It is a beautiful ana blessed thing when he builds a lofty and noble life upon foundations laia in love, hallowed by prayer and conse crated by libations of parental tears, fragrant as the dew’ of the morning sprinkled by the tender hand of spring upon opening flowers to refresh them with new strength at the dawning ot day. that they may be preparedl to live unwithered beneath the burning GEORGIA INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION PROTESTS AGAINST FREE BURLAP State’s Association of Textile Manufacturers Contends That Proposed Removal of Tariff on Burlap Would Work Grave Injury and Injustice to Southern Interests —Say They Have Been Given No Hearing by oCngress FAIRBURN, Ga., May 5, 1911. Editor The Journal: I judge you are willing to give the matter of the protest made by the cotton manufacturers against free burlap a place in your pa per, and that you would espouse our call, if the facts and conditions demanded it, in the interest of the farmers and manufacturers: I am therefore taking the liberty of giving you the facts, as they appear to our association. Burlap is ‘an article made by pauper labor in India, and consular statistics have shown that the average weekly wage Is 70 cents per person. At the present time burlap competes to a certain extent with the coarser grades of cotton goods, and if burlap is allowed to enter the United States free of duty, it can be made of heavier qual ity and finer construction, and displace to a very large extent, cotton cloth that is now used for bags, back bands, linings for clothing, tarpaulins, express and mail pouches, etc. It is a conservative estimate to state that the amount of cotton that would be displaced the first year is 750,000 to 1,- 000,000 bales, and as the manufacturers abroad made a better quality of Jute goods, the amount of cotton displaced would be Increased annually. There are many mills in the south run ning on coarse cotton goods now used for some of the above purposes that will have to turn on to other lines, and as the production of cotton goods is now in excess of consumption,, it would make a still more stagnant cotton market and a lesser chance to the farmer to get a high price for his cotton. f Os necessity, if the amount of cotton carried over at the end of the season is increased, the price for the next crop must be correspondingly lower, and not only the manufacturer and the mer chant, but the Jaxmer will be the suffer er thereby. Burlap has no connection whatsoever BISHOP WABSEN A. CANDLEB of the noon-tide sun. What tragic evil is wrought when, instigated by a sec ular scholasticism, he is moved to des ecrate and despoil such sacred founda tions, and departing frqm them, choose for himself the impoverished life of a religious nomad, wandering amid the shifting sands of a parched desert ot barren creedlessness and sheltered by nothing better than an unsubstantial tent of faith which he pitches in some new npot at the close of every passing day! Mr. Hill suggests a peculiar peril which besets students in secular insti tutions where they are out of/ reach of the guiding hand of pious parents and have no one by to supply the guid ance which they need so sorely. He says most truly, “Too many young peo ple are sent to the non-sectarian schools. They begin to read books tjiat they do not understand. No one is by to them, and they gather a great many ideas whjjch lead them astray.” A youth enters college at that critical period in life when habits are being formed, opinions are being contracted, and when as yet he has little or no ex perience to instruct him and warn him of the pitfalls and. dangers of the way. At that moment of peril he finds him self deprived of the safeguards ot home and surrounded by circumstances that allure the intellect into delusive paths and betray the will into wayward courses. It is all important that at such a time the most pronounced re ligious influence and the most whole some moral restraint should be brought to bear upon him, and above all othei institutions, the denominational college, is best prepared to furnish such sav ing Influence and exert such restraint. When youthful passion is at its flood and the controlling power of the home is withdrawn, or at best operates under the disadvantage of distance, a youtn needs to live and study in the tonic at mosphere and under the helpful govern ment and inspiring instruction of a pos itively Christian school. Even in a de nominational college dangers to his moral life can not be wholly removed, bat in such an institution those dan gers are reduced to a minimum. In view of all these considerations the colleges of the churches deserve to be cherished and supported by all who love God and care for the welfare of our country and the moral security of the in telligent youth of the land. They neither expect, ask, or desire financial aid front the government, state or federal. In Georgia their endowments are taxed, and thus they are made,to contribute to the support of the secular institutions which are maintained by appropriations drawn from the state treasury. .Such a policy of taxation is neither wise nor just. It is a disgrace to the commonwealth. The lamented Walter B. Hill denounced it as "an iniquitous window tax laid on the windows of the soul.” He spoke none too strongly against it. It is an embargo on learning and a burdensome tariff Im posed on institutions that build charac ter. It was foisted on Georgia surrepti tiously through an unsuspected and speciously worded section of the consti tution of 1877, and it has been perpetuat ed by a pitiful minority of pettifoggers in the legislature, who though few have been able to prevent the broad-minded men of the majority from submitting to the people a constitutional amendment to repeal this “iniquitous window tax laid on the windows of the soul.” These pet tifoggers know very well what the peo ple of Georgia would do if they were given a chance to vote on the subject. But they have been able to defeat the will of the people and to damage Chris tian institutions for 30 years. How long will Georgia 1 endure them and their shameful device of taxing the windows ot' the soul? ' * with bagging for covering cotton, and though free bagging would be an ad vantage to the southern farmer, free burlap is a great disadvantage. The suggestion made in some Inter views published in the papers that the south is to get free bagging in return for free burlap given to the west, places the south in the position of “selling the birthright for a mess of pottage,” and the southern representatives In congress are doing the south a grave injustice, if such an exchange is considered fair by them. A depreciation of 1 cent per pound on ccrfton, which can easily be the result of 750,000 to 1,000,000 of cotton being displaced, means a loss to the southern farems of 160,000,000, and the entire saving on bagging for covering cotton, if duty is saved by the farmer, amounts to only $400,000 to $500,000. Is it a fair exchange? Can the south stand Tor such a loss? Are not the southern represen tatives bound to protect the prosperity of their constituents when the greatest product of the whole section is involved and when the industry that is most im portant to the south is threatened? We only want fair play, and the-south ern representatives do not understand the situation. It seems to us tne south ern newspapers should make it appar ent, that they are Injuring the people, whom they claim they wish to help, viz., the farmers. It surely would be proper to demand a hearing before congress of those in terested in the growth and manufacture of the south’s greatest product. If you would make this suggestion in your paper, it would be a valuable aid, and would redound to the benefit of the entire south. Yours very respectfully, HAL L. JOHNSTON, Secretary and Treasurer. I^ CTS^AS^ THE FAEM EEAUTXFUX. Given a chance to select between a handsome house and barns with a neg lected lawn and shrubbery and a very plain set of buildings in the midst of grounds embellished with trees, plants and shrubbery, who would not prefer the latter. An attractive lawn is a paying invest ment and adds to the value of the farm property. Home means more to the whple family when it is surrounded by the beautiful things of nature. The study of plants, trees and flowers is educational, uplifting and broadening, while the co-op erative work of beautifying the, home binds the whole family more closely to gether. By foresight and management the care of the lawn and shrubbery need not in terfere with or interrupt the other oper ations of the farm. One attractive coun try home is far-reaching in its effect on the neighborhood. Others will see the effect and follow the example. Every set of farm buildings and loca tion presents a different problem but there axe certain principles that should be observed in planting the lawn and the shrubery. Trees and shrubbery should be grouped so that they will bring into view desirable objects and obstruct views to undesirable objects. Aim to have a good view from every window in the house. Plan to have the evergreens grbuped so that they will afford wind-breaks for tjie house, barns and out buildings and af ford protection for the small fruit. Few farmers realize the influence of wind breaks in modifying the temperature of either cattle yards and feed lots. There are few more convincing arguments in favor of planting wind-breaks than tp observe the bunches of little calves and pigs huddled on the sunny side of a wind break during the sunny days of early spring and fall. There are various kinds of grasses and shrubs and trees that are adapted to ev ery kind of soil and climate and in each locality there is an opportunity to select hardy grasses, shrubs and trees that have a wide range of color, habit and character of growth and time of blossom. There is much to be said about the selection and distribution of varieties, but our pur pose here is to make a plea for an in terest in making an attractive lawn and beautifying our farm homes. A USEFUL BAKE This implement was designed by a New Jersey man. Its teeth can be ad justed at many angles and at various distances from each other. The handle can be moved, as it is attached to the head by a pivot with a nut, which keeps it tight in whatever position it is de sired. The teeth can be adjusted to straddle a row of plants thus saving them from injury. It is said to be be coming popular with eastern gardeners. POBK MUST BE WELL COOKED Casesj of illness sometimes occur from eating uncooked or insufficiently cooked pork which is infested with a micro scopic parasite commonly known as tri china of flesh worm, the scientific name being Trlchinella spiralis. An average of 1 to 2 per cent of the hogs slaugn tered in the United States are infested with this parasite. When transmitted to human beings, trichina may cause se rious illness, sometimes resulting in death. Out of about 15,000 cases of trichinosis recorded in medical litera ture, most of which occurred in Europe, 830 resuiied fatally. A* temperature of about 150 degrees Fahrenheit kills the parasite, therefore pork when properly cooked may be eaten without any danger of infection. Fresh pork should be cooked until it becomes white and is no longer red in color in all portions of the piece, at the center as w’ell as near the surface. Dry salt pork, pickled pork, and smok ed pork previously salted or pickled, pro viding the curing is thorough, are prac tically safe so far as trichinosis is con cerned, but as the thoroughness of the curing is not always certain, such meat should also be cooked before it is eaten. A GOOD COBWEB POST Take another post, notching upright post near the top and set the other post at an angle with the top against main post, and the lower end against ground, then use a wire from bottom oT main post to far end of slanting post and twist same up tight, setting end of-slant ing post on a rock to keqp it from sink ing Into the ground. If a rock isn’t convenient a heavy piece of board will do. Wires at a corner is a menace to stock, whereas a post can be seen and do no harm if the animals run into ft.— Charles M. Crandall, Peabody, Kan. • Michigan probably ships more beans to the eastern markets than any other state and Boston is the best, market for this vegetable, as that city pays for baked beans in a single year the price of two of Uncle Sam ’s modedn war ships. A tom cat, 1 year old, was taken from its home In New York, a distance of 20 miles, confined in a bag. It was impris oned but made its escape and in a few days reappeared at the home of its for mer master. The chicken does not refuse to lay eggs or get fat through perverseness of character. It is simply because the owner does not know how to bring about the desired results. , Y’l First prise Holstein calf owned by J. B. Xrcon, Minneapolis, Minn. HANDY COBN MABKEB The illustration shows a good marker for a stump farm. I have used one for two years and find it very convenient. | | L The top board is Ixß inches, the run ners are 2 1-2x6 inches, the cross bar is 2x3 inches. One horse will do the work better than two, as it is easier for one to dodge the stumps.—O. D. Joyal, Wis consin. BREAKING UP BROODY HENS Confining broody hens tn a tight coop without food or water for several days as practiced by some, will, no doubt, break them, but when they are released from their prison the hens axe nearer dead fhan alive and in no condition to resume laying immediately. When a hen first becomes broody, tt is better to let her sit for a few days, giv ing the hen a rest and allowing her sys tem to recuperate and then break her up. After remaining on the nest two or three days the hen may then be confined in an airy coop or pen, large enough to admit of exercise but free from any thing of which she could make a nest. Feed her lightly and give her plenty of water. Another good jail for the broody lien is a small coop with a slat bottom through which the air can circulate. A sitting hen must feel the sensation of warmth under her body when she is on the nest else she will soon give up the work. When confined in a coop such as men tioned and the coop is raised a few inches from the ground the hen will soon discover that it is impossible to imjiort warmth to anything and the broody fever will soon abate. Wherever the hen is confined, howerer, don't withhold food and water and when released she will be ready to commence laying again in a short time. If it is not the intention to set theta it don’t pay to let the broody hens remain on the nests without attempting to break them up. If allowed to occupy the nests as long as they are disposed to they will often sit for weeks and may not start to lay again for several months.—W. F. Perdue. ( THE AUTO AND GOOD ROAD!! Some months ago one of our neighbors purchased a good, substantial automo bile. He and another neighbor drew an oak saw-log to the mill and had mate rial sawed for two good road drags, the timbers being 11 feet in length, one foot wide nd three Inches thick. The edges that moved the dirt were faced with pieces of iron four Inches wide and three-eights of an Inch thick. After constructing this most effective implement for road-working our neigh bors hitched three horses to the drag, climbed into it and proceeded to drag the road, (he lives at a cross-road), and how he does Improve every highway he traverses. He makes frequent trips with his drag to town, four miles away, and already good effeot of his owning an automo bile is being observed and felt on our roads, far and near.—M. A. Coverdell. THE DOG FOR THE FARM We do not think Collies are dangerous with children. We have raised two from puppies and they became firm compan? ions for our children and we never knew them <o snap at them or show a dispo- J sition to harm' them. Collies are very useful on the farm. They can very easily / be taught to go alone long distances if ! necessary into the pastuie or woods, for ! cows, bringing .them home night and morning for milking. It Is far pleasant er and cheaper to send a dog for them, especially on a wet, stormy morning than to walk a mile or so for them or to hire a man to do it.—S. M. Mr. Palin, who won the first prize for the best ear of corn at the Omaha com show, says he spent seven years produ cing it. The parent stalk was Reid's Yel low Dent, as the male plant and the mother plant was Alexander Gold, Sland ard. The two rows of Standard were de tasseled the first two years. Mr. Palin ’ rotates wheat, oats and corn. At the last Royal Saock show, of Eng land, the entire 2,000 head of stock en tered wtre judged the first day, $50,000 was given In cash premiums and the at tendance was 52,000 people in a single day. At these shows no horse races or side attractions of any kind »re peimX ted. Whenever the college farm boy is sent for to take charge of a big stock :’arm or dairy or orchard at a yearly st.lary twice as big as the profits of his fa- I ther’s farm, the sneers about the '*col lege farmer” become so faint you cannot hear them. Idaho cattle men look for a beef famine. They say we are eating the meat that ought to be fattened for next year, as high prices are forcing the sale of 2-year old steers and the large rangers that once furnished meat are being taken up by small farmers. Milk-fed chicken which is the finest meat in the poultry line is allowed no exercise whatever. It is kept in a close coop where it has barely room to turn around, and is never allowed to leave it except when it goes to the guillotine. We all know that the natural habitat of chickens is the open fields, yet. we have seen fine layers and broilers pro duced in little, cramped quarters In a city lot. And there you are! A Pennsylvania orchardist cultivates about eight ac-es of cherries, mainly Early Richmond Murillo and May Duke. The crop last year brought about $265 per acre, gross. It is reported that more burglar proof safes have been sold to farmery in lowa, Indiana and Illinois during the past year than in the previous five years. The best dairyman is the one who is clean because by nature he cannot be otherwise and not because he is afraid of the law. Chickens find on the oped range the food that it requires to keep it in good health, but it also gets too much exer cise to permit it <o lay on fat. It is estimated that the farms of the United States with all they contain in the way of live stock and improvements are worth about $30,000,000,000. The sweet potato has plenty of ene mies. The principal ones are cut worms, leaf miner, stem borer, leaf roll er and weevils. Hellebore is the best poison to use on gooseberry and currant bushes.